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Flare Blitz (move)

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Flare Blitz
フレアドライブ Flare Drive
Flare Blitz.png
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Battles
Type  Fire
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  120
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Flare Blitz (Japanese: フレアドライブ Flare Drive) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Contents

Effect

Flare Blitz will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target.

Flare Blitz will cause the user to receive recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target. This move has a 10% chance of burning the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V
006 Charizard Charizard Fire Flying 66 77
058 Growlithe Growlithe Fire Fire 48 56
077 Ponyta Ponyta Fire Fire 48 46 49
078 Rapidash Rapidash Fire Fire 58 56 49
256 Combusken Combusken Fire Fighting 54 54
257 Blaziken Blaziken Fire Fighting 66 66
391 Monferno Monferno Fire Fighting 49 56
392 Infernape Infernape Fire Fighting 57 68
494 Victini Victini Psychic Fire no 73
498 Tepig Tepig Fire Fire no 43
499 Pignite Pignite Fire Fighting no 52
500 Emboar Emboar Fire Fighting no 62
554 Darumaka Darumaka Fire Fire no 33
555 Darmanitan Darmanitan Fire Fire no 33
636 Larvesta Larvesta Bug Fire no 100
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
I II III IV V
004 Charmander Charmander Fire Fire Charizard Charizard
037 Vulpix Vulpix Fire Fire GrowlithePonytaRapidashCombuskenBlazikenMonfernoInfernape GrowlithePonytaRapidashCombuskenBlazikenMonfernoInfernapeTepigPigniteEmboarDarumakaDarmanitan
058 Growlithe Growlithe Fire Fire GrowlithePonytaRapidashCombuskenBlazikenMonfernoInfernape GrowlithePonytaRapidashCombuskenBlazikenMonfernoInfernapeTepigPigniteEmboarDarumakaDarmanitan
155 Cyndaquil Cyndaquil Fire Fire GrowlithePonytaRapidashCombuskenBlazikenMonfernoInfernape GrowlithePonytaRapidashCombuskenBlazikenMonfernoInfernapeTepigPigniteEmboarDarumakaDarmanitan
240 Magby Magby Fire Fire MonfernoInfernape MonfernoInfernape
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By event

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
244 244 Entei Fire 13th Movie Event
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

In the anime

Tatsuki Emboar Flare Blitz.png Ash Infernape Flare Blitz.png Entei Flare Blitz.png Flint Infernape Flare Blitz.png
Emboar Ash's Infernape Entei Flint's Infernape
The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
392 Infernape Infernape's body becomes surrounded by red-orange fire and it shoots at the opponent like a missile, slamming into it with great force. Sometimes as its charging at the opponent, the fire around it turns light blue. When the attack is over, red sparks surround Infernape's body as it takes recoil damage.
Flint's Infernape Flint Sparks the Fire! Debut
Ash's Infernape Working on a Right Move! None
244 Entei Entei charges at the opponent. As it does, it leaves behind a trail of orange fire. The fire then reaches Entei and circles around its body until completely covering Entei's body like a fiery aura. Entei then slams into the opponent with great force. As it runs, it leaves behind a trail of orange fire.
Entei (movie 13) Zoroark: Master of Illusions Entei cannot normally learn Flare Blitz
500 Emboar Emboar crosses its arms in front of its face and its body suddenly becomes engulfed in red flames. Emboar then puts its arms down and soars straight at the opponent like a missile. While flying towards the opponent, only its head can be seen, and its body becomes covered in spiraling red-yellow fire while it becomes surrounded in red-orange fire. Emboar then flies into the opponent.
Tatsuki's Emboar White—Victini and Zekrom
Black—Victini and Reshiram
None
555 Darmanitan Darmanitan's body becomes surrounded by light blue fire and it shoots at the opponent like a missile, slamming into it with great force.
Bianca's father's Darmanitan Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Flare Blitz IV.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 爆炎電擊 Bàoyán Diànjí
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Vonkbliksem
France Flag.png French Boutefeu
Germany Flag.png German Flammenblitz
Greece Flag.png Greek Πύρινη Φωτοβολίδα
Italy Flag.png Italian Fuococarica
South Korea Flag.png Korean 플레어드라이브 Flare Drive
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Bombardeio de Chamas
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Bombardeo
Spain Flag.png Spain Envite Ígneo


Variations of the move Double-Edge
Physical Double-EdgeVolt TackleBrave BirdFlare BlitzWood HammerHead Charge


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